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Ian Cusson Named as COC's New Composer-in-Residence

Ian Cusson Named as COC's New Composer-in-Residence

December 5, 2018 National

Submitted by andrea ayotte on Wed, 12/05/2018 - 12:57

"The Canadian Opera Company Academy, a pioneering development program to foster young opera artists, creators and administrators, is piloting a new artistic development opportunity in 2019: the Composer-in-Residence program, for which Canadian composer Ian Cusson has been selected as the inaugural artist. Cusson begins his residency with the COC on August 19, 2019.

Cusson is a Métis and French-Canadian composer of art song, opera, and orchestral work. His work explores the Canadian Indigenous experience, including the history of the Métis people, the hybridity of mixed-racial identity, and the intersection of Western and Indigenous cultures..."